Stakeholders from governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society and the private sector engaged in climate action in Ghana have held a one-day workshop to explore pathways and shared ambitions for advancing locally-led adaptation in Ghana.

This one-day workshop was organized by APRI -Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI), in collaboration with the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC).

It explored pathways through which locally-led adaptation can support Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and the country’s climate change adaptation planning.

In her opening remarks, Dr Grace Mbungu, the Head of the Climate Change Program at APRI stressed that locally-led climate adaptation initiatives are becoming important policy tools and approaches for making climate action more effective.

This is because individual farmers, households, and resource managers that are operating at the micro-level make most of the key land use and resource allocation decisions to adapt to the threats and opportunities posed by a changing climate.